Bed-rail holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT G. MCLAURIN, OF BURNS, MISSISSIPPI.

BED-RAIL HOLDER.

.3PECIF1CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,326, dated0ct0ber^24, 1893.

Application led June 23, 1893. Serial No. 4978,638. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. MCLAURIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Burns, in the county of Smith and State of Mississippi, haveinvented a new and useful Bed- Rail I-Iolder, of which the followingis aspecifcation.

The invention relates to improvements in bed rail holders.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive device adapted to prevent the side rails of a bedstead fromspreading, to keep the slats thereof from falling out, and to maintainthe bedstead perfectly tight and in condition to successfully withstandany of the strains incident to its use without becoming loosened.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of a bed rail holderconstructed in accordance with this invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are detailperspective views of the side rail and slat irons, the slat irons beingreversed.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- 1ngs.

1 designates a side rail iron, constructed of suitable metal andprovided on its inner face with vertical side fianges or ribs, adaptedto hold the hook portions 3 away from the side rail to allow atransverse bar or head 4 of a slat iron 5 to be engaged with the saidhook portions. The body of the side rail iron is provided with openingsto receive screws or other fastening devices for securingthe said ironto the side rail of a bedstead, and the upper portion of the side rai]iron is provided with the said integral hook portions 3, which extendupward and are separated by an intervening recess 6, and which havecurved grooves or openings 7 at their inner sides to receive the head ortransverse bar 4t, which is rounded at its inner engaging face.

The slat iron is constructed of suitable metal and consists of asecuring plate provided with countersunk perforations for the receptionof screws or other fastening de- Vices, an outwardly extending neck S,and the said transverse bar or head 4, arranged at the outer end of theneck. The ribs or anges 2 hold the hook portions 3 a sucient distanceaway from the side rail to allow the head or transverse bar 4 of theslat iron to be readily inserted in engagement with the hooks. Thebottom of the recess 6 is rounded, and the lower face of the neck 8 isrounded at 9 to conform to the configuration of the bottom of the recess6, and to cause the parts to tit snugly when in engagement.

The side rail holder is adapted to be arranged at each end of a centralor intermediate slat to prevent the side rails of the bedsteadseparating; and the slat to which it is applied is placed in itsposition first. The other slats of the bedstead are then placed inposition, and they prevent any jars or strains forcing the side railstogether and springing the side rail and bed slat irons out of engage-lment. When it is desired to separate the bedstead the slat which isprovided with the bed rail holder is taken out last.

It will be seen that the bed rail holder is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, that it is capable of preventing the side rails of a bedfrom spreading, and is adapted to keep a bedstead from becoming loose atthe joints.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

The side rail iron and the slat iron are each constructed of a singlepiece of metal and are preferably cast, the parts of each being formedintegral with one another.

A bed-rail holder comprising aside rail iron having on its inner facevertical ribs to fit against the side rail and provided at its top witha pair of integrall spaced hooks having curved openings or grooves andhaving a space between them arranged at the bottom and forming a recess,and a bed-Slat iron comprising a securing plate, a neck arranged at theouter end of the securing plate and projecting therefrom and having itslower face IOO In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I havehereto afxed my signature 1n 1o the presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT G. MCL AUBIN.

Witnesses:

W. H. JONES, Gr. I-I. GRAY.

